Pull tab, label and handle

ABSTRACT

A means for carrying, labeling and opening a package is provided by a strip of material, such as paper, which is formed into a loop carrying indicia thereon and adhered to the package at one end. A strip of adhesive tape is also adhered to the loop and the package. The package may then be carried by the loop and opened by pulling on the loop.

United States Patent Juliana M. Corridon 7805 Takoma Ave., Takoma Park,Md. 20012 Feb. 3, 1969 Mar. 2, 1971 Inventor Appl. No. Filed PatentedPULL TAB, LABEL AND HANDLE 5 Claims, 12 Drawing Figs.

U.S. Cl. 229/52, 206/56, 229/51 Int. Cl 865d 5/46, 865d 25/22, 865d75/56, B65d 83/06 Field of Search 206/52, 58,

56 (A2), (Adhesive Digest); 229/52 (AL), 52 (A), 66, 51(A.S.), 51;224/45.18

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,524,399 1/1925 Krueger229/52(A) 1,722,052 7/1929 Lackey 229/52(A) 1,909,368 5/1933 Lloyd229/52(AL) 1,943,538 l/1934 Kahn 206/58 2,776,787 III 957 Nicol 229/7,

Primary Examiner-William T. Dixson, Jr. Att0rneyl-larold L. l-lalpertABSTRACT: A means for carrying, labeling and opening a package isprovided by a strip of material, such as paper, which is formed into aloop carrying indicia thereon and adhered to the package at one end. Astrip of adhesive tape is also adhered to the loop and the package. Thepackage may then be carried by the loop and opened by pulling on theloop.

PATENTEDMAR '21s?! 3.567.108

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INVENTOR JUL Ill/VA M. CORR/DON AGE/VT PULL TAB, LABEL AND HANDLE Thisinvention relates to the opening, labeling and carrying of packages.

Despite numerous developments in the field it often remains difficult toopen a package, especially without the use of tools.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device which may easily beapplied to a package and then used to open it.

A further object is to provide such a device which also carries indiciawhich may indicate the contents of he package, convey a holidaygreeting, form a trademark, convey any other desired information, or beornamental in nature.

A further object is to provide such a device which may be used to carrythe package.

Another object is to furnish a package having attached thereto a devicewhich is useable to carry the package, convey information pertaining tothe package (or be ornamental) and open the package.

To achieve these objects the device comprises a loop made of a strip ofpaper, fabric, plastic or the like, the inside of the loop beingengageable by the hand of a user and the outside of the loop carryingindicia, a portion of the device at one end of the loop carrying anadhesive whereby the loop may be adhered to the package and anotherportion of the loop at the same end receiving and adhered to an adhesivetape which is also secured to the package. The package may then becarried by a user placing a portion of his hand inside the loop and beopened by restraining movement of the package and pulling on the loop.

The loop device may, for example, be used in retail stores and appliedto a package as part of the wrapping process or it may be used at homein connection with the wrapping of gifts or the like. where Where theloop device may be appliedto the package by the manufacturer of thepackage. The loop device may be applied to many different types ofpackages. As disclosed herein it is applied to a box wrapped in paper, acan of kitchen cleanser powder and a roll of toilet tissue paper In theDrawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the loop showing the top surface;

FIG. 1A is a side elevation of the loop of FIG 1 in flat condition;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the loop showing the bottom surface;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the p;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of still another embodiment of the loop;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a package comprising a box wrapped inpaper;

FIG. 6 is a cross section of the package taken on line 645 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing another manner ofapplying the loop and tape;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a package comprising a can of kitchencleanser powder;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a package comprising a roll of toilettissue paper;

FIG. 10 is a cross section of FIG. 9 on line 10-10;

FIG. 11 is a similar cross section but showing the tape in a differentlocation. As shown in FIG. 1 a strip 1 of paper, fabric, plastic orother suitable material is folded to form a loop 2. One end of the loopforms a foot portions 3 which is secured to the underlying material byadhesive or other suitable securing means. The bottom part of the loopis continued to form an extension 4, the extension being relativelyshort, that is, less than the length of the loop. The top surface 5 ofextension 4 is adapted to receive the end of an adhesive tape as shownin FIGS. 511. The top surface of the loop bears indicia 6 which mayconvey any suitable message. For example, it may have printed thereonMerry Christmas," leaving room for a personal signature or message froma donor of a package. Indicia 6, also may be ornamental rather thanconveying a message.

Before use the loop of FIG. 1, as well as the loops of FIGS. 3 and 4,may be in flat condition, as shown in FIG. 1A for ease in storage andhandling. Also, when initially applied to packages the loops may beflat. The open condition may be effected by the user for purposes ofcarrying the packages or pulling on the loop to open the package.

As seen in FIG. 2 the bottom surface of extension 4 of loop 2 hasadhesive 7 thereon for causing the loop to adhere to a package whenapplied thereto.

In the species of FIG. 3 an extension 8 is formed at one end of loop 9by top portion 10 and bottom portion .ll which are secured together byadhesive or other suitable means. The bottom surface of portion 11 hasadhesive 2 applied thereto for causing the loop to adhere to a packagewhile the top surface of portion 10 is adapted to receive the end of anadhesive tape as shown in FIGS. 5lll.

In the species of FIG. 4 the endl3 of loop 14 is secured to theunderlying material by a piece of adhesive tape 15. Extension 16 at oneend of loop 14 has adhesive 1% on its bottom surface for adhering theloop to a package, while the top surface ll7 of extension 16 is adaptedto receive the end of an adhesive tape as shown in FIGS. 59.

FIGS. 5, 6, and 7'show a package 19 comprising a box or other articlewrapped in paper 20 which has an edge 21. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,extension 4 of loop 2 is placed over he edge 21 at one end of thepackage and the loop 2 is adhered to the paper on both sides of edge 21by the adhesive 7. An end of adhesive tape 22 is then adhered to the topsurface of extension 4 after which the adhesive tape is adhered to thewrapping paper over edge 21 and if so desired continued around thepackage to the edge at which is located the loop ii.

In the alternative arrangement of FIG. 7 the adhesive tape 22 has an endportion 23 located over paper edge 21 and extension 4 of loop 2 isadhered to this end portion 23 by adhesive 7, the adhesive tape thenbeing extended around the package to cover edge 21 and terminate withits other end portion adhered to the top surface of extension 4.

In either the arrangement of FIGS. 6 or 7 the package is securely closedby the adhesive tops and may readily be carried by a person whose handengages the inside of the loop. To open the package it is only necessaryto restrain its movement with one hand an pull on the loop towards theleft, as seen in FIGS. 6 and 7. Such pulling results in the tape 22being removed from the package while still being adhered to the loop 2.Removal of tape 22 exposes the edge 21 of the wrapping paper to enableeasy completion of the opening of the package. Removal of tape 22 willresult in some tearing of paper 20, the amount of tearing depending onthe type of wrapping paper. However, the opening of the package is notdependent on tearing the wrapping paper since the removal of the tapeexposes edge 21.

In FIG. 8 a package comprising a can 23 of powdered kitchen cleanser isdisclosed. The end 24 of the can has perforations 25 for dispensing thepowder. Loop 1 is secured to end 24 by adhesive 7 on extension 4.Adhered to the top of extension 4 and also to the top 24 of can 23 so asto cover the openings 25 is a piece of adhesive tape 26.

The loop 1 forms a convenient means for carrying package 23 in the samemanner as the package of FIGS. 57. To open package 23 it is onlynecessary to restrain it with one hand and pull towards the left on loop1 with the: other hand. Tape 26 will then be removed from the can whilestill attached to extension 4 If it is desired to cover openings 25again, extension 4 and tape 26 may be readhered to end 24. The tape 205and extension 4 can also be readhered to end 2 5 in a different positionso as to uncover a selected portion of openings 25 to control dispensingof the powder from these openings.

In FIGS. 9 and It is shown a package comprising a roll of toilet tissuepaper 27. Extension 4 of loop 1 is adhered to the outer surface of roll27 by adhesive 7. A length of adhesive tape 28 is then adhered to thetop surface of extension 4 and to the outer surface of the roll oftissue paper. The adhesive tape 28 and extension 4 are positioned tocover the edge 25 of the paper, thus securing the outermost section ofpaper to the underlying section of paper and preventing the roll fromunwinding till it is desired to use it.

The package 27 may be carried abut as desired by engaging the inside ofthe loop. When it is desired to use the package it is restrained by onehand and the loop is given a downward pull by the other hand. This willresult in tearing the tissue paper along the edges of tape 28 thusenabling easy opening of the package by unwinding the roll of paper.

in FIG. 11 the end of the roll of toilet tissue paper at the region ofthe edge 29 is adhered to the underlying paper to prevent unrolling ofthe paper, this being the customary manner of manufacture of the roll.The adhesive tape 28 with its loop 2 is adhered to the surface of theroll of paper at a location spaced from the edge. This package may beopened in the same way as the package of FIG. by pulling on the loop totear the tissue paper at the edges of tape 28 thus enabling unwinding ofthe roll.

While the loop 2 of FIGS. 1 and 2 has been shown as used with thepackages of FIGS. 5-11 it will be understood that the loops of FIGS. 3and 4 may be substituted with their extensions 8 or 16 being used in themanner of extension 4.

I claim:

1. A package comprising an outer cover of sheet material having a freeedge, an adhesive tape lapped over said edge and adhered to the cover,and a looped handle of sheet material having a free end lapped overa-segment of said edge and positioned between the tape and cover, saidfree end of the handle having an adhesive coating adhering the handle tothe cover, whereby the looped handle can be used to carry the packageand remove the tape.

2. A package as defined in claim 1 wherein said package comprises a rollof paper and the outer cover is the last winding on the roll.

3. A package as defined in claim 1 wherein the looped handle comprises astrip having an adhesive applied to the same surface at the ends thereofwith one adhesive end secured to the opposite surface adjacent the otherend.

4. A package as defined in claim 1 wherein the looped handle comprises astrip having an adhesive applied to the same surface at the ends withone adhesive end secured to the opposite surface over the other end.

5. A package comprising a hollow container having a perforated sectionfor dispensing the contents, a cover having an adhesive surface adheredto the container and covering the perforations, and a looped handlehaving a free end coated with adhesive adhered to the can under asegment of the cover whereby the handle can be used to convey thecontainer and to strip the cover away from the perforations.

1. A package comprising an outer cover of sheet material having a freeedge, an adhesive tape lapped over said edge and adhered to the cover,and a looped handle of sheet material having a free end lapped over asegment of said edge and positioned between the tape and cover, saidfree end of the handle having an adhesive coating adhering the handle tothe cover, whereby the looped handle can be used to carry the packageand remove the tape.
 2. A package as defined in claim 1 wherein saidpackage comprises a roll of paper and the outer cover is the lastwinding on the roll.
 3. A package as defined in claim 1 wherein thelooped handle comprises a strip having an adhesive applied to the samesurface at the ends thereof with one adhesive end secured to theopposite surface adjacent the other end.
 4. A package as defined inclaim 1 wherein the looped handle comprises a strip having an adhesiveapplied to the same surface at the ends with one adhesive end secured tothe opposite surface over the other end.
 5. A package comprising ahollow container having a perforated section for dispensing thecontents, a cover having an adhesive surface adhered to the containerand covering the perforations, and a looped handle having a free endcoated with adhesive adhered to the can under a segment of the coverwhereby the handle can be used to convey the container and to strip thecover away from the perforations.